Transport Minister, Dr. Omar Davies is defending the Government’s controversial move to increase the fares for senior citizens who take the Jamaica Urban Transit Company, JUTC, by 2-hundred percent.

Effective this Sunday the fares for senior citizens will be increased from 20-dollars to 60-dollars.

Dr. Davies says the Government in no longer in a position to grant significant concessions to various groups of persons.

Dr. Omar Davies, the Minister of Transport, speaking last evening on Nationwide@5.

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